Figurative+Language

// The Writing Techniques of Dickens   // ** Station One: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE  ** Simile (figurative language) || A comparison between two unlike things using like, as, than or resembles || Your **love** is //__like__// the **sunlight** shining in my soul. || Metaphor (figurative language) || A dramatic direct comparison between two unlike things //__without__// using like, as, than or resembles || The **teacher** rose out of his chair and became a **tornado**- screaming and shouting and throwing papers in the air. || Personification (figurative language) || Giving non-human things human-like characteristics/ personalities or inanimate objects the ability to move like human beings. || The **happy** //__daisies__// **danced** in the breeze and **waved** hello as we passed by. || Hyperbole (figurative language) || A huge over exaggeration || I could just kill people like that, I have a million things to do today, I could just die, etc. ||
 * Look for examples of figurative language in the direct quotations from Charles Dickens’ novella //A Christmas Carol//. Copy down the name of the technique he uses along with the direct quote. Use the following definitions and examples as a guide: **